Cutting boots



A. F. JONES AND J. A. JONES, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

CUTTING BOOTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,467, dated March 14, 1848.

T0 all whom may concern Be it known that we, ALFRED F. JONES and JOHN A.JONES, of the city of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State ofKentucky, have made a new and Improved Machine for Cutting Boots; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings.

vFigure 1, A, is a board one inch thick or any given thickness, twentyfive inches long and fifteen inches broad. On its marginal surface arefour strips of plank three fourths of an inch in thickness, marked indrawing B, C, D, and E. B and O is one inch and three fourths of aninc-h broad, and three fourths of an inch thick and fifteen inches long.D, is one inch and a half broad, three Vfourths of an inch thick andtwenty five inches long. E is three fourths of an inch broad and threefourths of an inch thick and nine inches long; these strips are miteredat the corners of the board A. From F, K, G, is a line drawn in the formof a boot front when crimped, in which line are nine screws two and ahalf inches long; one inch is screwed in the board A, leaving one inchand a half projecting above.

H and I, are two pieces Of plank of an inch thick mitered at K, L, andsufficiently broad and in form so as to fit closely to the nine screwson the line from F, K, G, and against the strips marked B, D, and O. Thetwo pieces of plank I-I and I, are to be taken out or put in as theoccasion may require, they are to be cut on and when worn out, they areto be replaced.

M, is a slide with figures on it (made of wood or other substance) andslides parallel with N, to give any given length of a boot. N, is astrip of plank made fast to the board A, with figures on it and governst-he slide M, for if a boot be cut'to a thirteen inch heel and to workon a nine size last, run out the slide M, till the notch z', is atthirteen on N, cut the toe of the boot front off at nine on M, and thefront will be the correct length to work on a nine last; or if a boot becut to eleven inch heel and to work on a six size last, run out theslide M till the notch z', is at eleven on N, cut the toe of the bootfront off, at siX on M, and the front will be the correct length to workon a six last; and so on through all various sizes.

At O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and W, is a scale of calculation to cutaccurately, any size boot that is worn.

The scales O, l?, Q, and R, each is two inches and one fifteenth of aninch in length, divided into nine parts, and each part is subdividedinto four equal parts. Each scale has figures on it running numericallyfrom 7 to 1G: from 7 to 9 and from 13 to 16 inclusive are equal partsbeing one fourth of an inch in length; from 9 to 10 and from 12 to 13each is two ninths of anv inch in length and from 10 to 11 is one fifthof an inch.

The scales P and R are for cutting boot backs and the scales O, and Qare for cutting boot fronts.

S, T, and U, of each scale is two inches and six ninths of an inch long;each is divided into seven parts and each part is subdivided into fourequal parts. Each scale having vfigures on it running from 5, to 12,numerically; from 5 to 6 is fifteen thirty seconds of an inch long, eachotherv part gradually decreasing from 6 to 12 inclusive, from 11 to 12is one third of an inch long.

The scale TV, is one inch and eleven sixteenths (1%) of an inch inlength, divided into seven parts, and each part is subdivided into fourequal parts, having figures on it running numerically from 5 to 12: from5 to 8 inclusive, each part is one fourth (71;) of an inch in length,and each other part gradually decreasing from 8 to 12, from 11 to 12 isone fifth (15e) of an inch in length.

The scale on M, is seven inches long divided into twenty one equalparts, each part being one third (Alle) of an inch in length, and eachpart is divided into four equal parts;

having gures on it running numerically from 7 to 13, and from 1 to 15.The scale on N is four and a half inches long, divided into nine equalparts, and each part into four equal parts, having figures on it runningnumerically from 7 to 16.

Z is a strip of plank one inch and one fourth broad, three fourths of aninch thick, and five inches long, On which is the scale U.

There are three indicators b2, b2, b3, all alike made, and slide ingrooves. The

grooves are formed by leaving a space on each side of a strip of sheetiron, on which 1s a scale. An indictor Z13 is made of sheet iron orother metal, not more than an eighth of an inch thick three fourths ofan inch broad, and one inch and three fourths of an inch long, bent atright angles; from the end of the horizontal portion arises a malescrew,

on which is worked a regulator nut, the outer horizontal portion of theindicator passes under the metallic plate which is o n the strip C. Theperpendicular portion of the indicator b3, and the male screw slideeasily in grooves; one groove on each side of the scale R. v

The nut being attached to the male screw I), by screwing the nut theindicator becomes fast, and by unscrewing the nut the indicator may bemoved forward or backward.

The draft Fig. 2, is made of sheet iron or other substance not more thanan eighth of an inch thick, twenty five inches and three eighths of aninch long, and across the widest part of it, is one inch and seveneighths of an inch broad, and made in proportion to, and in form of Fig.2.

Operation-To out a bootl measuring thirteen inch heel, nine and liveeighths instep and will work on a nine size last: Place a boot frontthat is crimped, on H, I, the crimped edge against the nine screws onthe line F, K, Gr, place the indicator b2, to scale T, and made secureby t-he nut X. Place the form Fig. 3, notch CZ fitting so as to receiveinto it indicator b2, with notch Z facing toward letter T the smallerend of form Fig. 3, on the face e being placed at 9g on scale T, cut theleather along the outer margin of form Fig. 3 (which would be a linefrom on scale T, to 912 on scale S.) Place the indicators b1, and h3, toscale O13 and scale Q13. The nuts Y and b having secured the indicatorsb1, and b3, place the draft Fig. 2. against the inner edge of theindicators b1, and b3, then place 9% on scale W, to the lower extremityof the boot front already cut, cut the leather along the outer margin ofthe draft Fig. 2 (which would be a line from scale O13 to scale Q13. Runout the slide M and place the notch z (which is between 10 and 11 on M)to 13 on N. Cut the toe of the boot front olf at 9 on M, which:completes the front.

Cutting the bach-The boot back when double has one straight line, whichplace against the screws on the line from K, to F, the surface of theback lying on H. Cut the lower extremity of the back which is towardscale 1, to an angle of about five degrees with p as in dotted line g,72 then slide up the boot back on the board H until the face last lcutshall correspond or be opposite to 9- on scale U. Now place theindicators b1, and b3, to 13 on scale P, and 13 on scale R, they beingmade secure by nuts y, and b.

Place the draft Fig. 2 against the indicato-rs 1, and b3, and 9% onscale W, to the lower extremity of boot back which is toward scales Oand P, then cut along the outer margin of draft, (which would be a linefrom 13 on scale P, to 13 on scale R,) and completes the back.

The above is one example of upward of two hundred and thirty differentsized boots that can be cut by this machine, and Wit-h great facility.

The form Fig. 3, is made of sheet iron or other substance, not more thanan eighth of an inch thick, fifteen inches long and in the widest partof it, is two inches and one quarter of an inch broad, has a notch in itat d, one inch and an eighth of an inch from the corner, and made inproportion to, and in form of Fig. 3.

VVha-t we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis The manner of formino and cutting boot uppers of the proper shape tocorrespond with the various measures of the foot, by means of the boardA, having a line F, K, G, upon it, corresponding to the crimped front,indicated by the series of screws (or by raised points or a ledge,)combined with the series of graduated scales M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, andU, and the indicators b1, b2, b3 located on various parts of the boardin the manner herein set forth; which combination and arrangement ofscales, line, and indicators, is applied to the formation of the bootuppers by means of the scale draft Fig. 2, and the form Fig. 3,substantially in the manner herein set forth.

ALFRED F. JONES. JOHN A. JONES.

Witnesses R. CAMPBELL, L. D. CHILD.

